Conference
HUGO VAN DER GOES: INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM
14-15 July 2023
Vortragssaal (Auditorium), Kunstgewerbemuseum, Kulturforum, Matthäikirchplatz 10785 Berlin
Hugo van der Goes, Monforte Altarpiece, detail, c. 1470/75 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Dietmar Gunne
Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440-1482/83) was one of the most important European painters of the early modern period. His monumental, emotionally expressive, yet also intimate depictions are among the highlights of their respective collections. Yet unlike most other great artists of his era, no monographic exhibition has ever been dedicated to this Flemish master. The Berlin Gemäldegalerie has now brought together the majority of his surviving works for the first time. To mark the end of the special exhibition “Hugo van der Goes. Between Pain and Bliss” (31 March – 16 July 2023), the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museumsverein are organizing an international scholarly colloquium on 14 and 15 July 2023.
Organized by the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and the Kaiser Friedrich Museumsverein
Tickets & registration in advance can be done here.
Ticket for both days: 25 €
The colloquium will be held in English.
More information about the event is available here.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMM
FRIDAY, 14 JULY 2023
10:30 – 11:00 Registration and Coffee
11:00 – 11:30
Dagmar Hirschfelder, Welcome
Stephan Kemperdick, Introduction to the exhibition Hugo van der Goes. Between Pain and Bliss
11:30 – 13:00
Jan Dumolyn, Did Hugo van der Goes Come from Holland? Sources and Arguments
Leen Bervoets, Patronage of Hugo van der Goes in Perspective: Exceptional or Congruent?
Erik Eising, Hugo van Der Goes: New Suggestions on His Artistic Sources, Based on the Vienna Diptych
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Bernhard Ridderbos, The Dating of the Portinari Altarpiece
Noël Geirnaert, The Death of the Virgin by Hugo van Der Goes: Who Commissioned It and What Was Its Function?
Lorne Campbell, The Trinity Panels and the Ghent Altarpiece
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00
Catherine Reynolds, The Trinity, the Virgin, St Ninian and All Saints: Evidence for Reconstructing the Centre Panel of van der Goes’s Trinity Altarpiece
Sven Van Dorst & Niels Schalley, Scanning The Descent from the Cross, a Tüchlein Masterpiece from the Collection of The Phoebus Foundation. New Scientific Insights on Hugo van der Goes’ Distemper Painting Technique
Griet Steyaert, The Restoration of the Death of the Virgin by Hugo van der Goes, Retrieved Traces of Original Elements and the Reconstruction of the Losses
18:15 – 19:30 Exclusive visit to the exhibition Hugo van der Goes. Between Pain and Bliss
SATURDAY, 15 JULY 2023
10:00 – 10:30 Registration and Coffee
10:30 – 12:00
Stephan Kemperdick, The Monforte Altarpiece, Its Possible Patron and the Habsburgs
Melis Avkiran, „maior in persona, et ethiops niger“: Encountering the Black King in Hugo van der Goes’ Monforte Altarpiece
Suzanne Laemers, In the Privacy of Friedländer’s Pocketbook
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30
Johanna Bork, Curtain, Requisite and Audience. Hugo van der Goes’ Adoration of the Shepherds and further Stage Metaphors
Elliot Adam & Sophie Caron, Reconsidering the Reception of Hugo van Der Goes in France: Jean and Pierre Changenet
Till-Holger Borchert, Simon Marmion and Hugo van der Goes – Any Connection?